Eric Locke appealing life sentence for murdering Sonia Blount
The Dublin man used a fake Facebook profile to lure his ex-girlfriend to a hotel room.
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The Dublin man used a fake Facebook profile to lure his ex-girlfriend to a hotel room.
Sonia Blount was murdered by her ex-boyfriend Eric Locke who used a fake Facebook profile to lure the 31-year-old to a city hotel.
Sonia Blount was murdered by Eric Locke at the Plaza Hotel in Tallaght, after being lured there by a fake Facebook profile, in 2014.
Locke was found guilty by a jury on Monday of murdering the mother-of-one, who was his ex-girlfriend.
A jury took an hour and 33 minutes to deliver the verdict.
Eric Locke is charged with murdering mother-of-one Sonia Blount in a room at the Plaza Hotel.
The 35-year-old admits killing Sonia Blount but denies murder..
Eric Locke used used the fake Facebook profile to meet the woman.
A court has heard that Locke brought a pellet gun, a Stanley knife and cable ties to frighten Sonia Blount.
Eric Locke has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Sonia Blount on 16 February 2014, but admits causing her death.
Eric Locke said he had just wanted to talk after Sonia Blount stopped all contact with him.
A friend testified that Sonia Blount said Eric Locke was a “whackjob”.
The court evidence from a taxi driver who picked up Locke shortly after the death of Sonia Blount.
Eric Locke has pleaded not guilty to murdering the mother of one at a hotel in Tallaght in 2013.
Eric Locke is charged with murdering Sonia Blount at a The Plaza Hotel in Tallaght in 2013.
Eric Locke (33) of St Johns Park East, Clondalkin, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court.
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The details of the post-mortem on the body of Sonia Blount (31) are not being released.